Forest Soils of Coös County, New Hampshire
Based on the Coös County Soil Survey by USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Published to the Web by Sam Stoddard, UNH Cooperative Extension, March 21, 1999.


Soil Map Unit Name

61B TUNBRIDGE-LYMAN-ROCK OUTCROP COMPLEX

Texture:

Slope Percent: 3 TO 8

Important Forest Soil Group: Ordination Code: 3A

Parent Material:

Drainage:

Depth to Hardpan:

Limitation: Only slight limitations for woodland use.

Typical timber productivity on this soil type is 0.5
cords or 42.9
cubic feet per acre per year.

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MANAGEMENT CONCERNS

Erosion Hazard Slight

Equipment Limitations Slight

Seedling Mortality Slight

Windthrow Hazard Moderate

Plant Competition Slight

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PRODUCTIVITY

SiteIndex ProdClass Species

50 6 white pine

50 8 red spruce

55 9 white spruce

balsam fir

northern red oak

65 3 white ash

paper birch

55 2 yellow birch

60 3 sugar maple

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TREES TO PLANT

Scotch pine

tamarack

white pine

red spruce

white spruce

balsam fir

Contacts: (for forestry) UNH Cooperative Extension, 629A Main St, Lancaster, NH 03584

phone: (603)788-4961

(for soils) USDA-NRCS, 4 Mayberry Lane, Lancaster, NH 03584

phone: (603)788-3818

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